- Cronología
- 1803
- Dimensiones
- 211 x 137 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 15 Mar 2010 / 16 Jun 2023
- Otros títulos:
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The Countess of Fernán Núñez (La condesa de Fernán Núñez)
Goya f.a.1803 ("Goya, 1803", lower right-hand corner).
La Ex.ma S. ra D.a María Vicenta / Solís Laso de la Vega Condesa de / Fernán - Nuñez de edad de 23 años / año 1803 ("Her Excellency Señora Doña María Vicenta Solís Laso de la Vega, Countess of Fernán Nuñez, aged 23, 1803", on the back of the canvas).
This work has remained the property of the sitter's descendants to the present day.
Doña María de la Soledad Vicenta Solís Lasso de la Vega was born in 1780 and married the VII Duke of Fernán Núñez, whom Goya also painted in a portrait that forms a pair with this one. Following the death of her husband in 1822, she remarried to Filiberto Mahí Romoy, living in Paris until her death in 1840.
The composition, in which the subject appears seated outdoors, is very similar to that employed in the portrait of Joaquina Candado. The sitter, who was twenty-three years old when Goya painted this portrait, is shown wearing a black dress with yellow neckline and sleeves, and a mantilla decorated with exotic red feathers. In her right hand she holds a fan, whilst her left hand is hidden behind her hip. Hanging from her neck is a cameo with the image of her husband. She wears two large earrings that match the ring she wears on her little finger. The position of the sitter's legs has often been criticised as being quite unfortunate for a lady of high-society. Francisco Calvo Serraller states that this posture suggests that Goya did not paint her outdoors but rather in the studio, seated on a chair.
There is a notable difference in technique between the more precise brushstrokes used in the figure of the lady and those of the landscape, which are far more sweeping and broad.
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Pinturas de GoyaMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1928consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928cat. 21
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Exposición conmemorativa del centenario de GoyaPalacio de OrienteMadrid1946organized by Patrimonio Nacional. June 1946cat. 14
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GoyaFestival Internacional de Granada, Palacio de Carlos VGranada1955consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferraricat. 107
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Stora Spanska MästareNationalmuseumStockholm1959cat. 25
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Francisco de Goya. IV Centenario de la capitalidadorganized by Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Dirección General de Bellas Artes at the Casón del Buen RetiroMadrid1961consultant editor Valentín de Sambriciocat. XII
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Goya and his timesThe Royal Academy of ArtsLondon1963cat. 66cat. 89
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Goya en las colecciones madrileñasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1983consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983cat. 32
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Goya nelle collezioni private di SpagneVilla FavoritaLugano1986consultant editor Marta Medina. From June 15th to October 15th 1986cat. 34
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GoyaKoninklijke Musea Voor Schone Kunsten Van BelgiëBrussels1985consultant editor Luis González Seara. From October 26th to December 22nd 1985cat. 19
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GoyaLa Lonja, Torreón Fortea y Museo Pablo GargalloZaragoza1992consultant editor Julián Gállegocat. 40
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Goya. La década de Los CaprichosMadrid1992organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993cat. 24
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Goya. La imagen de la mujerMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2001from October 30th 2001 to February 10th 2002. Exhibitied also at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 10th to June 2nd 2002, consultant editor Francisco Calvo Serrallercat. 66
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Goya: Prophet der ModerneAlte NationalgalerieBerlin2005from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 81
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 33
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Goya: The PortraitsLondon2015cat. 33
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsParís1928-1950p. 143, cat. 430
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 198, cat. 807
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 342, cat. 487
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. III, pp. 146 y 147
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Goya en las colecciones madrileñasMadridAmigos del Museo del Prado1983pp. 180 y 181 (il.), cat. 32
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Goya, la imagen de la mujerMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado y Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado2001pp. 254 y 255 (il.), cat. 66
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2008p. 198, cat. 33
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LondonNational Gallery Company2015pp. 125-129